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Over 50 years later, things are looking up for David Satcher, who, having conquered his childhood illness, took the oath to become the country's 16th surgeon general and the assistant secretary of health in February...
When protesting students and street mobs finally drove Suharto, Indonesia's long-serving President, from office a year ago, he stood meekly to the side as his successor, B.J. Habibie, took the oath of office. Then Suharto slipped quietly from view. But the onetime autocrat has been far busier than most of his countrymen realize. In July 1998 the U.S. Treasury's attention was caught by reports that a large sum of money linked to Indonesia had been shifted from a bank in Switzerland to one in Austria. As part of a four-month investigation that covered 11 countries, TIME...
...life lacks drama now that Monica's off on her book tour? Fret not. Monica theatrical events abound. The Starr grand jury testimony has been turned into a play, The Trials of Monica Lewinsky, most recently performed at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival. Texas composer Stephen Hilton's Under Oath: A Political Cantata took its libretto from the same source, and is available on CD. And you can still catch Starr Struck, at left, a musical in L.A. Susan McDougal has seen it twice...
...Hippocratic oath keeps it simple, reminding physicians that first, they must do no harm. No one in medical history violated that canon with more murderous zeal than Germany's Dr. Mengele...
...away with it. We let Clinton get off. There was lying under oath, coaching of witnesses, concealing of evidence and a subversion of the judicial system. If all this didn't amount at least to a high misdemeanor, what ever will? Now all the mendacious charmers out there will be looking for their chance. We have not seen the last of scoundrels with dazzling charisma. DUD GANN Cape Elizabeth, Maine...